Avid Locals is one of the best new places to add a listing if you are a local business or professional in the United States. Even though the site is new, there are already over 10,000 listings. Professionals include real estate agents, insurance agents, and attorneys. Since each listing is designated to a local city or metro, small businesses have the same opportunity to compete with larger busi...

Over the decades, the Girl Scout program has created an empire in the cookie market. Once starting out as a simple project in one troop, it is now a $700 million revenue stream to help young girls fund their organization and activities. In recent years, the national organization has grown it's cookie business to the point that the major cookie producers had to either partner up or get left behin...

Web designers and marketers alike design websites that must reach the largest audience as possible. The message and presentation must attract that audience so they will be compelled to take action. Web browsers can cause havoc during the design phase. Here are resources on web browser usage as of March 2011. "The usage share of web browsers is the percentage of visitors to a group of websit...

When I was a teenager, like many of my friends, I worked for McDonald's. I'd often work late on school nights, which made me dead tired the next day during school. Of course, I made minimum wage for 9 months and then got promoted to "trainer", which gave me a 10 cent raise. The realization of working hard for almost a year for a 10 cent raise woke me up. I quit the job and focused on s...

Ecommerce Website Sales An effective ecommerce website can generate a significant number of sales. The right layout, buyer process, and presentation instills confidence and urges a site visitor to make a purchase. The Market Toolkit ecommerce solution is very flexible and effective at helping you convert sales. The web tools allow for nearly any design and the shopping cart is common to many oth...

The My Market Toolkit online content management system (CMS) is a powerful website management tool. It allows you to deploy the right web solutions and optimize your business conversion. It allows nearly any type of site format or presentation and allows you to manage the content behind the scenes on a "deliver as needed" basis. Website Formats Our powerful CMS tool allows you to deplo...

Like a well dressed, useful person, a website tends to have better success when it has the right anatomy. Establish a Strong Backbone: Every site should have a site map. A site map is a page that organizes every page on your site into a bunch of links. A user can rapidly browse through the entire site's contents from this page. Add Form with the Skeletal Structure: Intuitive navigation prevents...

How many leads did you convert from natural search engine traffic last month? how about over the last year? Your natural search engine rank is key to your online web traffic and converted business. We're not talking here about paid search engine advertising but natural results that result from successful SEO practices. There are 2 key concepts to successful SEO activities: Relevance Popularity S...

Businesses and professionals often leverage the internet to drive business and convert potential prospects into leads and subsequent sales. Many incorporate website interactions into their overall marketing plans to generate interest and disseminate valuable information. Some brands see phenominal results as they push their brands online. What do successful websites and applications offer that e...

Online activities can generate significant business for a business or organization. The website design may be responsible for as much of the traffic conversion as the content and offer. Your website must: Be Graphically Pleasing and Professional Be Easy to Navigate Have an Attractive Layout Be Content Rich Use a Funneled Approach Contain Engaging Calls to Action Be Up to Date Be Well Supported B...